Seven sparkling & dessert wines for your holiday splurges! For more, we strongly recommend signing up for a wine tasting class (we do in-person and virtual) or signing up for our wine newsletter.
- Graham Beck Brut, Western Cape (South Africa)
Pale copper-tinged gold. Tangerine, spicy oak, and a hint of exotic fruits on the nose. Fruity and harmonious, with a yeasty complexity adding depth to the fairly dense, harmonious middle palate. - Charles de Cazanove Premier Cru Champagne
This Champagne offers an array of flavors, including toasted brioche, Gala apple, lemon zest, graphite, and ginger, with a touch of honey. Elegant, but with good intensity and a moderate, nut-tinged finish. - Mailly Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs
Lead pencil shavings and berry aromas and flavors grace this rich yet firmly structured bubbly, which has a fine balance. Pastry and citrus preserve notes stay persistent on the finish. - Mailly Grand Cru Blanc de Noirs
Light gold. Deeply pitched aromas of pear skin, anise, and roasted nuts, with a smoky overtone. A dense, chewy Champagne that shows good power and an array of red berry and orchard fruit flavors.} - Dr Heidemanns-Bergweiler 2009 Riesling Auslese (Germany)
Rich and tightly wound, with candied berry and citrus flavors accented by a vibrant structure and embedded mineral notes. Impressive. - Osborne Pedro Ximenez (Spain)
If you melted down 5 pounds of raisins, you might get the concentrated flavors in this dessert Pedro Ximénez. Accents of chocolate and fig. - Offley 1983 Porto (Portugal)
This ’83 is one of the best. Black-purple, with very intense grape must aromas, full-bodied, with grapy and peppery flavors, full tannins, good backbone, and a long finish.